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What is the best time to prepare for cat?


Calvin 14th Jun, 2019
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Ankur Dubey Student Expert 14th Jun, 2019
Hello





Aspirants must remember that CAT is an aptitude exam. Though there is no officially defined syllabus, from past years papers, we can surmise that the CAT Verbal section comprises primarily of verbal ability and reading comprehension, and the Quantitative Aptitude section comprises of high-school level Maths. The Logical Reasoning has no specific syllabus, and comprises primarily of logical puzzles and sets based on logical reasoning. It is highly recommended that aspirants go through the complete syllabus of CAT and the recent exam pattern, both of which would give you a fair about what is asked in the exam, and in what way that thing is tested in the exam.



By thoroughly examining CAT Syllabus and the CAT Exam Pattern, you will get a fair idea about where you stand as of now and how much effort you will have to put in to cover the syllabus. Different students might have to start off at different stages, depending on their academic background. For instance, an aspirant with engineering background will have less ground to cover in Quantitative Aptitude, but might find the verbal section a bigger challenge. On the other hand, a English Literature graduate would feel much at home as far as the verbal section is concerned, but might find the Quantitative Aptitude a far bigger challenge.



Instead of looking for standardized answers, a first-time aspirant should download the CAT Syllabus and previous years CAT papers, and go through them, minutely examining the topics that are tested in the exam.



Nevertheless, it is always possible to define a timeline for CAT preparation, regardless of your academic background.



Nine months of preparation time should be enough for anyone to successfully crack CAT exam. Here are a few things that you must keep in mind:



Dedicate the first five months of your prep working on the basic conceptsDedicate the next one month practicing a variety of questions of varying difficulty levels.Dedicate the next one month writing sectional tests and working out a fine balance between speed and accuracyDedicate the last two months writing as many mocks as possible



The timelines given above are just a suggestion. There are students who might start writing sectional tests and mock tests simultaneously or even five months before the actual exam.



I hope it will help you

Good luck...

















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